How A 33 Year Old Woman Loses 10 Pounds Whilst Biking To Work

     Want to almost accidently lose 10 pounds in weight whilst havng fun in to the bargain.Then why not drag that old bike from out of the basement or garage and get out in the sunshine on a bike ride.Here's why it's so effective...

Now you have realised it's time to lose weight. Most women do when they start to see that things have got out hand at some point of their lives and we all dream of wearing those sexy outfits that used to drive our lovers wild. We yearn for the day when we can once again walk out in the street and we are the ones that others are admiring from a far as you walk down the street with new found confidence.

A good starting point is to aim to lose 10 pounds when starting a weight loss program. For most people this should be an attainable goal within just a few weeks which if you need to lose more weight will motivate you to carry on. To be fair to yourself and your body don't try a crash diet trying to lose 10 pounds in 2 or 3 days it will just make you feel ill.

So where do you start? Most people, when they think of weight loss, think of unappetizing diets ( who could enjoy a diet of cabbage soup for example) or strenuous exercise regimens (you don't want to become a Navy Seal do you?), but it doesn't have to be that way.

Lets imagine it could be possible to lose 10 pounds or so without all that pain. Wouldn't that be a great idea? Well you can when you start bicycling or you might prefer to call it bike riding.

There are lots of reasons to go bike riding but maybe the main one is something you would just take for granted that is a bike is a method of transport. This important because the biggest single reason people fail at losing weight is they can't plan their exercise routines in to their already busy lifestyle.

Lets imagine for example you decided you would lose 10 pounds by signing up and going to the gym every day. This is of course a brilliant idea in theory at least but this is what usually happens.One day your running late from work so you just skip the gym (just this once) then another day it's raining and you forgot your umbrella so it seem silly to get wet going to the gym (just this once).. You get the idea?

Eventually it becomes easy to break the gym routine, because it's always going to seem like some "extra activity" that you don't always have time for and can't schedule in your weekly and daily routines.

Just for now lets imagine as an alternative to a gym membership you decide to go out an buy a bike or get yor old one repaired if you had one in the garage gathering dust. By using it to ma ybe bike to work you'll so start to lose weight and even save on gas.Pretty neat huh?

If you live in the city chances are it will only take you a few extra minutes compared with travelling by car or subway. So you get a full body work out for free and it fits in to your schedule just great.

When you engage in most other forms of exercise, you're engaging in it exclusively: you're not getting anything else done when you're at the gym. With biking, on the other hand, the exercise is almost a secondary bonus to the primary function of getting somewhere you need to go. Add to this the fact that you're saving money on transportation and doing good for the environment, it's hard to argue against biking as one of the best forms of exercise.

By simply biking to and from work every day you should be able to lose 10 pounds fairly quickly without affecting your schedule too much. If your employer is a far enough distance away from you that you must drive, consider instead using a bike for errands outside of work. And if you want to really lose those 10 pounds quickly, start biking for recreation too - some weekend bike riding will do wonders for weight loss.

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